So it's not relevant.

He doesn't make ANYTHING if he's not employed. And if he's a teaching assistant or research assistant, he doesn't make much.

Do you have a problem with this????

those kids who will invest their time and money to get a bachelor degree just to find out there is no work for them and if there is any they will make 16 to 20 dollar per hour.

So I am not sure what postings you saw.
No way someone with B.S. degree in sciences would be making between 85K and 120K a year.

program. Who makes more? Starbucks barista or McDonalds employee?

Not at McDonald's.

You have to say it every time a customer orders a smaller coffee. Eventually, it's imprinted in the Starbuck's employee's cortex. When he or she goes home and his or her spouse asks for a coffee, the automagic response is, "How about a Grandè?"

That's neuroscience at the Bachelor level.

I know, I am a nurse..

Certified Nurse Midwife with a Masters.

living in San Francisco or New York in general are to make much more than someone in the midwest. The cost of living, housing, etc is much more which is one reason why salaries are different depending on the geography

She's a trauma nurse with a MS.

All paid for with 8 years in the Air Force.

And that's with a two year AA nursing degree. I guess it depends on where you live and what you do exactly.

Nurse Practioners make good money, too. That is also a graduate degree.

To the point of breakdown exhaustion which is bad for me, but ever so much worse for my patients, I could get close to 100k

Not happening.

very often and for several years now.

I know or am related to almost as many nurses as teachers.

He needed a Ph.D. to make decent money, and would have made 25-35K, maybe, with an MS.

To even stand a chance of finding a decent-paying job, one needs a PhD. Most biomedical research jobs open to people with a BS degree tend to be low-paying grunt jobs. That also holds true for those with a Masters Degree in a lot of cases.

And, finding a job is a big "if" these days, regardless of what degrees one has. Grant money has been drying up for the past decade, and without grant money, investigators can't hire technical staff to do their work. It mostly gets left up to grad students.

versus a more traditional career which required less investment and provides similar financial results.

If doing what you really want to do, even if it doesn't pay well, is more important, then yeah, it is worth it. Being happy with one's career, even if low-paying, beats a drudge job with a fat paycheck, IMO.

for purse science you really need a PhD.